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θυρσοχαρής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θυρσοχαρής θυρσοχαρές

Structure: θυρσοχαρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: xai/rw

Sense

  1. delighting in the thyrsus

Examples

  • τάνδε Διὸσ δμαθεῖσαν ἐν ὠδίνεσσι κεραυνῷ, καλλίκομον Κάδμου παῖδα καὶ Ἁρμονίησ, ματέρα θυρσοχαρὴσ ἀνάγει γόνοσ ἐξ Ἀχέροντοσ, τὰν ἄθεον Πενθέωσ ὕβριν ἀμειβόμενοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 3, chapter 12)

Synonyms

  1. delighting in the thyrsus

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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